correspondent for "rock center with brian williams" and covered oscar pistorius for nbc sports at the london liolympics. mary, good morning. good to see you. >> good to see you, david. the nation is so divided on so many levels. this man was a hero, an idol to so many people. i was one of those people who put a halo over his head like so many others. now he's doing a perp walk. it's so hard to reconcile. >> what is the mood like? it's got to be all anyone is talking about. >> reporter: it is all over this entire country. obviously, you know, reeva steenkamp, her memorial service was today in port elizabeth. here in johannesburg, since early morning demonstrators from the asc women's league holding placards saying things like oscar pistorius should rot in hell. these are people who embraced this man in so many ways and now they want to see him -- basically they want to see him go away, go to prison. again, it's still surreal for someone like me. i spent about a week with him here last summer for "rock center." he was heralded a hero. i went through his house where this horrible tragedy took p